RPC VI, 8570 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 8570 (temporary)
Province Syria Phoenice
Region Phoenicia
City Sidon
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMR (sic) CAE MAR (sic) SEV ALEXANDER
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription COL AVR PIA METRO SID
Reverse design three-quarter view of two-wheel car of Astarte, right, with shrine with four columns within which baetyl on two supports; on the roof, four palm branches
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6, 11, 12
Specimens 8 (7 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1966.453
2 2     B: L1906
3 3     B: L1906
4 4     B: 1854/17157
5 5     NY: 1944.100.72500
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.72494
7 7     O
8 8     C. Scarlioli coll.